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Tuesday, 29 October 2013] 49218. Clause 12 amends section 48(1) of the Act, in order to expandand clarify wording. In the list of activities prohibited withinprotected areas, the mining activities of exploration andproduction have been added as a result of public comments tothe Portfolio Committee.9. Clause 13 inserts a new section 48A in the Act, to set out therestriction of activities within MPAs and to provide for theMinister's powers to prescribe zones and prescribes activitiesrequiring permits. Provision is made for consultation between theMinister and the Minister responsible for fisheries.10. Clause 14 amends section 52 of the Act, to ensure that internalrules of an appointed management authority do not conflict withthe Minister’s zoning or permitting functions within MPAs. It alsorequires the management authorities to consult the Departmentbefore making their internal rules and that all internal rules oramendments to internal rules must be published in theGovernment Gazette before they are valid.11. Clause 15 repeals section 43 of the MLRA currently governingMPAs since provisions of the Amendment Bill now provide forMPAs.12. Clause 16 seeks to save the existing MPA regulations made interms of the MLRA.13. Clause 17 seeks to bring the Arrangement of Sections, whichoccur at the beginning of the Act, in line with the amendmentsproposed in the Amendment Bill.14. Clause 18 states the short title and commencement of theAmendment Act. There is no legal or practical impediment toallowing all of the proposed amendments to come into effectimmediately upon publication of the assented Bill by the Presidentin terms of section 81 of the Constitution of the Republic of SouthAfrica of 1996.Report to be considered.ANNOUNCEMENTS, TABLINGS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS NO 147─2013